Tokyo (AFP) Oct 31, 2008 - Tokyo Electric Power Co., Asia's largest utility company, on Friday posted a major loss in the first half as it was hit by rising fuel costs and the shutdown of a plant hit by an earthquake.
Seoul (AFP) Oct 26, 2008 - South Korea on Sunday reported one of its 20 nuclear reactors came to a halt due to a mechanical problem.
Ljubljana (AFP) Oct 23, 2008 - Slovenia said Thursday that a large load of processed uranium from Hungary had arrived without incident in Russia after passing safely through Slovenian territory.
Amman (AFP) Oct 23, 2008 - Jordan signed on Thursday a preliminary nuclear cooperation deal with South Korea as part of the kingdom's efforts to meet its growing energy needs.
New Delhi (AFP) Oct 23, 2008 - India's atomic safety body said Thursday that radioactive scrap metal which found its way into buttons installed into lifts in France had been traced back to a western Indian foundry.
Frankfurt (AFP) Oct 22, 2008 - RWE, Germany's second-biggest power supplier, plans to take part in up to five nuclear power projects outside Germany, its chairman said in a newspaper interview Wednesday.
Paris, France (AFP) Oct 22, 2008 - A French lift-maker scrambled Wednesday to remove buttons from hundreds of elevators after the nuclear safety authority said Indian-imported materials used in them were radioactive.
Stockholm (AFP) Oct 21, 2008 - A Swedish nuclear reactor was closed down Tuesday for a safety check after cracks were found in control rods at an identical plant, the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority (SSM) said.
Prague (AFP) Oct 20, 2008 - A Czech nuclear plant shut down a reactor during the weekend after one of its the turbines developed a fault, the plant's owners said Monday.
Islamabad (AFP) Oct 18, 2008 - Energy-hungry Pakistan said on Saturday that China had agreed to help it build two more nuclear power plants in a major boost to the country's long-term plans to end crippling electricity shortages.
Helsinki (AFP) Oct 17, 2008 - The world's first next-generation pressurised water reactor being built in Finland could be further delayed and may now only start up in 2012, Finnish energy group Teollisuuden Voima (TVO) said Friday.
Allentown PA (SPX) Oct 15, 2008 - A PPL subsidiary has filed an application with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a license to build and operate a new nuclear plant under consideration near Berwick, Pa.
The Hague (AFP) Oct 14, 2008 - Cancer patients across Europe face further delays for diagnoses after the owner of a Dutch nuclear reactor said Tuesday it would not re-open until February, almost three months behind schedule.
Washington (AFP) Oct 10, 2008 - The United States acknowledged Friday it must bridge gaps with its partners over a plan to verify North Korea's nuclear disarmament before it strikes Pyongyang from a US terrorism blacklist.
Vilnius (AFP) Oct 9, 2008 - Lithuania's voters will Sunday have a chance to up the pressure on the EU to delay the shutdown of a Chernobyl-style nuclear plant which provides the bulk of the Baltic state's power.
Budapest (AFP) Oct 6, 2008 - The completed first stage of a nuclear waste disposal site -- the first in Hungary -- was inaugurated Monday in Bataapati, some 180 kilometres (110 miles) southwest of Budapest.
